Don't want to lower your expectations about the second single off this album but part of me believes that this album it's just a way to finish her contract, label just wants to release it and drop her.
2 things could happen now:
1) The album goes out in stores in US and sells ok, she's dropped after that.
2) The album goes out in stores in US, fans buys at least 1 copy physically/digitally, sells really good, label starts promoting, second single gets released, label decides to release the album worldwide months after the US release date, sells good worldwide, third single is released, she gets more radioplay + sells, label decides to not drop her and also leaves her 100% control for album 2.
Let's buy this gem everyone, we can make a huge difference.
I was thinking the same thing.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if the album is successful, and they've ****ed her over for all these years for nothing?
Maybe she actually DOES have more control than what we already think. I mean think about it, maybe she kept delaying it for personal reasons, mainly because I'm sure the label initially wanted her sound to be like "One" and "17" and she really hated that and went for this whole grunge concept ((which I absolutely love obvs)). Like imagine if she had released the album back in 2010 like she was supposed to she'd be so miserable now lmfao plus the sound would be so generic and she'd have faded by now.
I think the reason why the fanbase hasn't given up on her is because she's shown lots of potential and her sound is really unique. If she had just kept the old one and delayed the album for other reasons I'm pretty sure everyone would have forgot about her by now.
Whatever the situation, I do hope the album sells well and she goes to another label. I'm really rooting for her.
If only a new batch of Sky Leaks would appear online I'd be happy <3 (Not the whole album leaking, I mean non-album tracks or demos from the album)
That would be AMAZING. If she does get dropped by her label, I'm sure she'll eventually leak all of her old demos, or have a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend upload them and deny that she had anything to do with them.